Maarten Steeghs Senior Advisor Agriculture and Nature Division m.h.c.g.steeghs@nvwa.nl Brussels, June 12 2015
Organisational structure Inspector General Deputy Inspector General Director Staff department Director Office for Risk Assessment & Research Director Customer services Division Chief Inspector Veterinary & Imports Division Chief Inspector Veterinary & Imports Division Chief Inspector Agriculture & Nature Division Chief Inspector Consumer & Safety Division Director Criminal Investigation Division
Role of NVWA mission: • safe food and consumer products • healthy animals and plants; animal welfare; including primary production and nature main tasks: risk assessment and communication supervision: inspections, audits enforcement Staff: 2100
Experience/expertise Organisation NVWA: Risk assessment on IAS Pathway analyses of IAS Surveillance of IAS Communication on IAS Implementation of rules and regulations Eradication/control measures against IAS Enforcing rules and regulations on nature and biodiversity
implementation and enforcing rules and regulations Personal - implementation of eradication measures against IAS. implementation and enforcing rules and regulations on nature and biodiversity. - implementation of rules and regulations, including eradication and containment measures, on plant health (in the natural and semi natural environment). in the past, member of different EPPO panels and EU workgroups
Area of contribution Issue 3 Management of Invasive Alien Species Main interest: Effective and feasible measures, considering human, legislative, animal and environmental factors.
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